RE: IVIV: Chapter 3—Swedish Fish

[Tyler Wilson]

"Pat the Bunny"

http://www.amazon.com/Pat-Bunny-Touch-Feel-Book/dp/0307120007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1252538772&sr=1-1



John Bailey:
> I laughed at Pat Dubonnet's name, though probably not for the right
> reasons. In Australia (and the UK I think) 'bonnet' is the equivalent
> of the 'hood' of a car in the US. So the image of a cop patting his
> car came immediately to mind, furthering that
> auto--anthropomorpho-fetishism of P's novels.
> 
> Then again, I think 'pat' might be a local version of the US 'pet',
> and with the French suffix that would cross-culturally translate as
> 'pet of the (masculine) hood'.
> 


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